Palmer wins Fairfax, AEC loses WA votes

Nearly 14-hundred votes relating to the election of the West Australian Senate have been lost, and the AEC has called in former AFP Police Commissioner Mick Keelty to conduct an independent investigation.

The AEC intends to declare the result shortly despite the lost votes.

It's also the result of the recount in the Queensland electorate of Fairfax, with Clive Palmer winning the seat by 53 votes.